The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-08-13
to Oaks and Lincoln Co.
)ortant Facts, Figures,
and Statistics.

people. and is situated in the
ieln part of Lincoln County,
" Mexico, 81 miles by the mail
IRON Carthage, the terminus
,e San Pedro coal mine branch
he i. +. Il :. f. r.. r., 103
- from Socorro, ON the main
,l55 miles from Fl Paso. Tex
and Is from Lincoln, the Go.
White Oaks is the largest town
me county, and the seat ct an
,ortant supply trade. 1t IS fine
ituatcd in a valley, among the
r., of the Carlo range, at an ell
tion OF $40 feet above sea
i. Ii has two religion, organ
ions. Methodist and Congrcga-
alist, a large and prosperous
lie school. two weekly newSpa-
5. five prosperous mercantile cs-
lishmcuts. two hotels, two bill
ID alls. two blacksmith shops,
re also a wagon shop,) one TWEEN
stamp gold mill in operation. al
Huntington Centrifugal mill,
d a 10 stamp gold mill.
he great uomestake Gold Mines
, one mile n. ". Of the centre of
q town, and around them + a
ven rich mines, less developed.
lnost adjoining the town, OF the
. E.. are inexhaustible mines OF
,al, varying from bitumlnous to
,mi-anthracite. From four to
oven miles n. w. Of the town, in
re Lone Mountain region, are eX-
bodies of magnetic iron
res, of excellent quality and high
ude. Twenty miles south and
nth west lie the silver lead mines
t the Bonito mining district, the
ch gold miues OF the Nogal mini
70 district. and the copper %lsilver
sarlng) ores Of the "west side"
he town is abundantly supplied
it'll water ; wood is abundant in
ne foothills, and timber in the
fountain ranges.
White Oaks has a daily mail to
,arthage, ON the railway, and to
t. Stanton, 81 miles east. 1t is
re present objective point of the
.hicago, St. LOUIS u Ell Paso r. k.
ow building from FL Paso. Texas,
nd is destined "a be an important
oiat u9om that railway when it is
,m,lIpd 10 Kansas City, rs the
Ink III the shortest posi-
lie Inc between Chicago and the
Wv OF McN:co.
4'hc County Of Lincoln, in the
outh-castcrn corner Of New MeXi.
o. is $50 miles in extreme length,
nd 100 in extreme breadth, and
contains 2l,450 square miles. II
= divided, from north to south, by
he Rio Pccos.a an iruortant stream,
which receives within the county
tributaries arising i'll the
asst side Of the Great Range.
The western part of the County
, divided by mountains, locally
nown as the Gallinas, Jicarillas,
'@arizos. Sierra Blancos, &c, al
ortions of the Great Mountain
sange dividing Eastern New Mex
20. The peaks of these ranges
arv from-Gallinas and jacks
'eak, about 5000 feet, to Carlo,
200, Nogal, 10, 1000, and Sierra
,lanco, 10000.
The population of the County
,as 5000 in 1885, now about6, 00C
he towns, other than White Oaks,
re Lincoln, San Patriclo, Pichaco,
Weed, Dowlin's Mill, Galena, Ros-
,ell. Seven Rivers, Three Rivers,
nd lookout.
Two-thirds of the County con-
SITS OF fine grazing lands, mainly
,ell watered, and stocked with
90. 900 head of cattle, an increase
f 1000 FER cent. il 3 years. The
Angora goat has made his appear
nee in the mountains OF Lincoln
and he is here to stay. He
anges where nothing else will, and
5 exceedingly profitable to his
.wner. There are but few sheep
n the county, about $4,000 horses
md mules, and burros, anglia
Tackass esq like the sands Of the
.eashore, for multitude
On the Penasco, Rnideso, Boni
q. Hondo, Seven Rivers, Black
River, and Pecos, there are the fin
est of agricultural lands. Fine
arms have been opened on a!
those streams, and upon them haI
bee produced in exceptional quail
ty and quantity every farm pro
Icts which can be raised at such
m elevation. The experience o
he late Chas. Fritz demonstrated
a. I'll, EDpnty u,1